ABSTRACT
Marcus Atilius Regulus Born: c. 300 B.C.; probably Rome Died: c. 249 B.C.; probably Carthage Area of Achievement: Warfare and conquest Contribution: Through legendary embellishments on his actual exploits, Regulus has
served as an example, variously, of moral courage and devotion to duty, of arrogance in the face of victory, and of the reversals of fortune that history records.
